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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-byelaws-alternative-procedure-england-regulations-2015/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111138403",
  "legislation_title": "The Byelaws (Alternative Procedure) (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-byelaws-alternative-procedure-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Byelaw proposal: application approval",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must respond in writing to an application made in accordance with regulation 6 during the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which such application was submitted to the Secretary of State.\n(2) In issuing a response under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State may—\n(a) give leave to the authority to make the byelaw;\n(b) send an acknowledgement to the authority stating that the Secretary of State will issue a substantive response as soon as practicable; or\n(c) refuse to give leave to the authority to make the byelaw.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138403/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:21.554475+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}